Famous Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Barometer, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
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Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.
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Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Alien. An American sovereign in his probationary state.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Brain an apparatus with which we think we think.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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